The letter is one of the seven letters that have the intrinsic characteristic of . These seven letters, , are known as the letters of tafkheem.The characteristics in the category of , or intrinsic characteristics, never leave the letter, and so the letter always has tafkheem and never has tarqeeq.

There is however, a difference of opinion among scholars of tajweed as to the level of tafkheem in the letter in the word in the three level of tafkheem school of thought.The difference of opinion arises from thebeing saakinah, preceded by a kasrah, but followed by a that has tafkheem.Some scholars say that the has the lowest level of tafkheem in the three levels of tafkheem school of thought, because of the kasrah preceding it and do not consider the tafkheem of the to change that. Others say that the with tafkheem following the has an effect on the level of tafkheem of the and it has a higher level of tafkheem than the lowest level.